My bucket was empty

I love the way the Lord teaches me through the scriptures.  I was having a day/week/month that wasn't going well.  I was burned out and exhausted!  I hadn't had a full night of sleep in months and had been sick.  I was talking to Blake about this and was having a little pity party.  I even used the words, "My bucket is empty, I have nothing left to give!".

I had been studying 1 Kings 17 about Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath with the kids that week so we watched a video about it for family home evening.  The Spirit touched my heart while I watched and I learned something new.  This faithful woman was barely surviving the famine and was literally gathering sticks for the fire of the last meal she and her son would eat.  Her bucket really WAS empty.  Then she met the prophet and unlike the messages of the world we constantly hear, he asked her to give a little bit more of herself.  She acted in faith and prepared a "little cake" and took it to him first. Her faith preceded the miracle!

  

"And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah:  and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.  And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord which he spake by Elijah." 1 Kings 17:15-16

My application was clear.  The Lord acknowledged that He understood my bucket was empty, but He also showed me that I can give all that I have as I put my faith in Jesus Christ and that there will be enough and to spare.